You might also like

More about Medicine and Morality in Haiti

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 128 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Morality and medicine are inextricably intertwined in rural Haiti, and both are shaped by the different local religious traditions, Christian and Vodoun, as well as by biomedical and folk medical practices. When people fall ill, they seek treatment not only from Western doctors but also from herbalists, religious healers and midwives. Dr Brodwin examines the situational logic, the pragmatic decisions, that guide people in making choices when they are faced with illness. He also explains the moral issues that arise in a society where suffering is associated with guilt, but where different, sometimes conflicting, ethical systems coexist. Moreover, he shows how in the crisis of illness people rework religious identities and are forced to address fundamental social and political problems.

Book details

Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Medicine and Morality in Haiti
• Subtitle: The Contest for Healing Power
• Author: Paul Brodwin
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260
• EAN: 9780521575430
• ISBN: 0521575435
• ID: 02035850
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 395 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 152 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. September 1996

Trending among others

---

---

---